Abstract: A control device that controls a robot capable of self-propelling is provided. The control device comprises: a facility staff member identifying unit configured to identify a position of a facility staff member in a facility; a visitor identifying unit configured to identify a position of a visitor in the facility; and a control unit configured to instruct the robot capable of self-propelling to move. In a case where the control unit determines that the facility staff member that has been identified by the facility staff member identifying unit is absent in a predetermined range near the visitor that has been identified by the visitor identifying unit, the control unit causes the robot to move into the predetermined range.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a photodetection device and an electronic apparatus that allow for reducing surface reflection from an on-chip microlens and suppressing deterioration of image quality. Provided is a photodetection device including: a plurality of pixels that have photoelectric conversion units; on-chip microlenses that are formed in such a way as to correspond to the individual pixels; and an antireflection film that is formed on a surface of the on-chip microlens, in which the antireflection film is constituted by a stacking of: a first inorganic film that is formed by a metal oxide film; and a second inorganic film that is formed on a surface of the first inorganic film and has a lower refractive index than the first inorganic film. The present disclosure can be applied to, for example, a CMOS solid-state imaging device.

Abstract: A carbon catalyst which has high catalytic activity and can achieve high catalyst performance is provided. The carbon catalyst comprises nitrogen. The energy peak area ratio of the first nitrogen atom whose electron in the 1s orbital has a binding energy of 398.5±1.0 eV to the second nitrogen atom whose electron in the 1s orbital has a binding energy of 401±1.0 eV (i.e., the value of (the first nitrogen atom)/(the second nitrogen atom)) of the nitrogen introduced into the catalyst is 1.2 or less.

Abstract: A carbon catalyst which has high catalytic activity and can achieve high catalyst performance is provided. The carbon catalyst comprises nitrogen. The energy peak area ratio of the first nitrogen atom whose electron in the 1s orbital has a binding energy of 398.5±1.0 eV to the second nitrogen atom whose electron in the 1s orbital has a binding energy of 401±1.0 eV (i.e., the value of (the first nitrogen atom)/(the second nitrogen atom)) of the nitrogen introduced into the catalyst is 1.2 or less.

Abstract: The present invention is made to integrate a catalyst and other component(s) to be combined with the catalyst to reduce the number of components, and to reduce contact resistance of the integrated components. A configuration is formed in which a conductive region is provided in at least a portion of a base 3, and a carbon catalyst 2 is formed in the conductive region. The configuration is formed by attaching a carbon precursor polymer to the base and carbonizing the carbon precursor polymer.

Abstract: The present invention is made to provide a carbon catalyst which has high catalytic activity and can achieve high catalyst performance. A carbon catalyst has nitrogen introduced therein. The value of energy peak area ratio of a first nitrogen atom whose electron in the is orbital has a binding energy of 398.5±1.0 eV to a second nitrogen atom whose electron in the is orbital has a binding energy of 401±1.0 eV (i.e., the value of (the first nitrogen atom)/(the second nitrogen atom)) of the introduced nitrogen is 1.2 or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an instrument, a method and a kit for detecting a microorganism contaminating a subject test sample, which enables one to quickly and accurately identify the microorganism with an easy operation. The instrument for detecting a microorganism according to the present invention relates to a microarray type instrument in which oligonucleotides prepared based on nucleotide sequences specific to the species and genus to which the subject microorganism belongs have been immobilized onto a surface of a substrate. Based on the presence or absence of hybridization of the probes prepared from the test sample with the oligonucleotides immobilized onto the surface of the substrate, the present invention makes it possible to detect and/or identify the microorganism in the test sample easily, quickly and accurately.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an instrument, a method and a kit for detecting a microorganism contaminating a subject test sample, which enables one to quickly and accurately identify the microorganism with an easy operation. The instrument for detecting a microorganism according to the present invention relates to a microarray type instrument in which oligonucleotides prepared based on nucleotide sequences specific to the species and genus to which the subject microorganism belongs have been immobilized onto a surface of a substrate. Based on the presence or absence of hybridization of the probes prepared from the test sample with the oligonucleotides immobilized onto the surface of the substrate, the present invention makes it possible to detect and/or identify the microorganism in the test sample easily, quickly and accurately.

Abstract: A kit comprising an oligonucleotide-immobilized substrate obtained by immobilizing, on a substrate, one or more kinds of oligonucleotides that enable detection of a polymorphism in a nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial DNA control region of chum salmon, of which standard is represented by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, at a position selected from the 10th, 30th, 42nd, 57th, 70th, 96th, 108th, 154th, 194th, 231st, 242nd, 250th, 260th, 339th, 340th, 386th, 395th, 401st and 471st positions is used to detect the polymorphism based on hybridization of the oligonucleotides with a nucleic acid derived from specimen chum salmon and thereby determine a haplotype of the specimen chum salmon.

Abstract: A nucleic acid to be immobilized and used for hybridization of nucleic acids using an immobilized nucleic acid, which has a polymer comprising a compound having an unsaturated bond, said polymer being bonded to the 3? end or 5? end or both ends of the nucleic acid; a nucleic acid-immobilized substrate comprising a substrate for immobilizing a nucleic acid and the polymer-having nucleic acid immobilized on the substrate; and a method for detecting a nucleic acid by hybridization using an immobilized nucleic acid, which comprises using the nucleic acid-immobilized substrate.

Abstract: A reaction apparatus includes a base plate as a carrier capable of immobilizing thereto a biologically active substance and a cover plate detachably mountable on the base plate, in which the cover plate has a plurality of cylindrical holes that compose walls of vessels together with the base plate and a plurality of vessels can be formed to contact the base plate with the cover plate. By using this reaction apparatus, a first biologically active substance which is immobilized to the carrier is reacted with a second substance capable of specifically binding to the first substance and the second substance indirectly bound to the carrier through the bind between the first substance and the second substance is detected or the second substance which remains not binding to the first substance, thereby analyzing the first substance or second substance in a sample.

Abstract: HLA genotype of a test specimen is determined by hybridization of a nucleic acid sequence derived from the test specimen by using a substrate on which oligonucleotides of 10-24 nucleotide length derived from sequences of a group of genes belonging to HLA class I or class II antigen on a human genome and including polymorphism of gene as alloantigens in the sequences are immobilized through covalent bonds. There are provided a typing kit and typing method that are suitable for processing of a large number of specimens and enable high accuracy typing by one test.

Abstract: A kit comprising an oligonucleotide-immobilized substrate obtained by immobilizing, on a substrate, one or more kinds of oligonucleotides that enable detection of a polymorphism in a nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial DNA control region of chum salmon, of which standard is represented by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, at a position selected from the 10th, 30th, 42nd, 57th, 70th, 96th, 108th, 154th, 194th, 231st, 242nd, 250th, 260th, 339th, 340th, 386th, 395th, 401st and 471st positions is used to detect the polymorphism based on hybridization of the oligonucleotides with a nucleic acid derived from specimen chum salmon and thereby determine a haplotype of the specimen chum salmon.

Abstract: Poly(A)+ RNA extracted from a cell or a tissue is amplified by the following steps of:

Abstract: A nucleic acid to be immobilized and used for hybridization of nucleic acids using an immobilized nucleic acid, which has a polymer comprising a compound having an unsaturated bond, said polymer being bonded to the 3′ end or 5′ end or both ends of the nucleic acid; a nucleic acid-immobilized substrate comprising a substrate for immobilizing a nucleic acid and the polymer-having nucleic acid immobilized on the substrate; and a method for detecting a nucleic acid by hybridization using an immobilized nucleic acid, which comprises using the nucleic acid-immobilized substrate.